Buddha Square Wooden Box - Hand crafted Multipurpose Box handpainted nandi The white-on-dark contrast here keeps

The white-on-dark contrast here keeps close to how an actual rice-flour kolam looks against a swept stone or mud threshold — the most traditional read of the motif

decoupage-finished and sealed

non-deity-specific design makes it an easy

and finished to hold its own as a design piece

made in the village of Cheriyal near Warangal in Telangana using techniques that are themselves close to four centuries old

Buddha Square Wooden Box - Hand crafted Multipurpose Box handpainted nandi The white-on-dark contrast here keepsThere's a particular stillness associated with images of the Buddha eyes half closed, expression untroubled, a reminder of a state of mind rather than a specific story or myth. This square wooden box carries that image on its lid, intended less as devotional art in the ritual sense and more as a quiet object for a space meant for calm. The artwork is applied to the wood through a decoupage process, the kind of careful, layered finishing that suits a